Iron sharpens iron at IMB Senders Summit
RICHMOND, Virginia (BP) -- Mark Hearn, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Duluth, Georgia, has been strengthening discipleship in his church. In the process, he’s seen that, “a natural part of discipleship is equipping people to go.”
Send Relief, IMB, Send Network: Kingdom collaboration bolsters Colombian church’s growth
BOGOTÁ, Colombia – When a group of eight Send Network church planters traveled to Bogotá, Colombia, to learn from and work alongside International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries for a week, they had no idea the kind of lasting impact their collaboration could bring.
SBC DIGEST: IMB promotes global rural network; Wyndell Jones dies
Global rural network wants rural churches to partner with IMB; O. Wyndell Jones, former BCI executive, dies at 90.
In Guatemala, public schools turn to Bible study to boost reading and resist gang culture
MIXCO, Guatemala (RNS) — As you arrive at the public school in Terra Nueva, a neighborhood in this city connected by bridges to Guatemala City, the high-pitched babble coming from the other side of the school wall, if you close your eyes, could be coming from happy, excited children anywhere.
SBC DIGEST: Gaines gives health update; IMB provides Ramadan prayer guide
Steve Gaines provides encouraging health update, preaches on walking with God; Ramadan prayer guide available for download.
N.C. pastor Quintell Hill accepts role with IMB
MONROE, N.C. (BP) -- Quintell Hill, pastor of Multiply Community Church in Monroe and president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, will be joining the International Mission Board as African American church mobilization strategist starting April 1.
Mississippi church is answer to Romanian pastor’s 30-year prayer
Thirty years was a long time to wait for help. Yet, the Romanian pastor had faithfully prayed since he w
SBC DIGEST: Matt Queen called to N.C. church; IMB expands digital reach in Central Asia
Matt Queen to pastor Friendly Avenue in North Carolina; Digital Engagement takes Gospel to unreached corners of Central Asia.
West African missionary returns ‘home,’ trains rural churches
When International Mission Board missionary Moses knew that God was calling him to go make disciples on islands near Senegal, his knee-jerk response was no. His hesitance had nothing to do with disobedience or uncertainty about the islanders. It wasn’t about the persecution believers faced in these areas.
IMB trustees appoint 62 missionaries; highlight growth in globalization
PHOENIX, Ariz. (BP) – International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 62 new full-time, fully funded missionaries during their Feb. 14-15 meeting in Phoenix. Trustees met in conjunction with a Sending Celebration for new appointees hosted by North Phoenix Baptist Church on Feb. 14.
